Lynn N. Ibekwe, PhD, MPH is a postdoctoral research fellow whose primary research interest is to reduce the disproportionate burden of cancer morbidity and mortality among Blacks and African Americans in the United States. To that end, she pursues research geared towards (1) documenting individual and contextual level determinants of racial and ethnic cancer-related disparities, including investigating racism as a fundamental cause of such disparities; (2) developing and testing culturally…
Bomy Yun, MHI, MSN, ARNP is a research assistant working with Drs. Karen Emmons and Lynn Ibekwe on a study investigating the use of digital tools to improve cancer screening gap closure in community health centers. She is an MPH student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and comes from Seattle where she has 10 years of experience as a primary care provider and health informaticist at…
Dr. Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD, MPH was most recently a Gastroenterology Fellow at the University of Chicago Medicine. She was previously a Chief Gastroenterology Fellow at the University of Chicago, and Chief Medical Resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Anyane-Yeboa is focused on public health advocacy, with the goals of advocating in the public sector, leading diversity retention and recruitment efforts, and designing health disparities…
Jen Cruz is a Population Health Sciences doctoral student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences department. She is passionate about the intersections of gender equity, community engagement, and health promotion with a focus on cancer-related disparities. With her background in Psychology and Epidemiology, her research considers both micro and macro-level determinants of health and is conducted through a social justice lens. Through her graduate studies, she plans to further investigate…
Natalie Smith, PhD, MS, aims to advance public health by improving the adoption and implementation of evidence-informed programs and policies. Her research program emphasizes applying a variety of decision science methods to implementation and dissemination related questions, including economic evaluation, simulation modeling, and stated preference methods. She earned her PhD in Health Policy and Management and her MS in Biostatistics from UNC Chapel Hill. Her work is currently supported by…
Catherine S. Nagawa, PhD, studies how social determinants of health influence health behavior in vulnerable populations using mixed methods. Her research area of focus is cancer prevention and early detection. Her work aims to inform the implementation and dissemination of tailored behavioral interventions to improve health outcomes. During her fellowship, she seeks to learn how to integrate various data sources, such as electronic health records, surveys, and interviews, to assess…
Dr. Mueller is a research fellow funded through the Cancer Prevention Fellowship from the National Cancer Institute. She holds a Master’s Degree in Anthropology and a Ph.D. in Public Health. Her doctoral work centered on cancers that are increasing in younger populations and tested medical materials to maximize patients’ understanding of risk and testing results. Her current research focuses on implementation science methods to increase the use of evidence-based practices…
